Github user maropu commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/20176
hive one is the same with mysql one;
```
hive> create table t(a BINARY);
OK
hive> INSERT INTO t values('abc');
OK
hive> select CAST(a AS STRING) from t;
OK
abc
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